Front yard, inside the study.

"Lord Wang, news came from the south today that the new Linjiang magistrate has not yet arrived, and Luojiang has died." Jiang Shuangliu said in a deep voice.

King Qin frowned slightly: "Linjiang County? ”

King Qin couldn't remember where Linjiang County was for a while, but he knew that the death of a magistrate was not worth Jiang Shuangliu's special trip to tell him.

"Yes, Linjiang County, humble last year, no, it should be the year before last, I have been to Linjiang County, the previous magistrate was named Zhang Bo, and he was about to be transferred to Jiayuan Ren Zhizhou, and now he is still in Linjiang, waiting for the handover with the new magistrate, but I didn't expect to see anyone yet, but I heard the news of death first."

Linjiang and Jiayuan are only three days away, and the candidates sent to Linjiang by the Ministry of Officials have not been decided for a long time.

Hearing Jiang Shuangliu say that he had been to Linjiang County the year before last, King Qin suddenly realized and said, "Xiaqiao Town belongs to Linjiang County." ”

Jiang Shuangliu said: "Yes, but the prince may not know, now Xia Qiao Town has ten rooms and nine emptiness, not only Xia Qiao Town, but even Shang Qiao Town, which is not far from Xia Qiao Town, those people have moved to Xiaohe Town across the river, Xiaohe Town is a newly built town, which has been affected by disasters decades ago and has been barren for many years, but now it is a prosperous scene." ”

From Linjiang to Xi'an, separated by two thousand miles, a little-known town will not attract the attention of King Qin.

Jiang Shuangliu's trip to the south the year before last, of course King Qin remembered.

He asked: "Wasn't the relocation of Linjiang County ordered by the government?" ”

Jiang Shuangliu said: "This matter was originally approved by the government, but it was only someone who opened up the wasteland in Xiaohe Town, and it happened to be seen by the people who passed by the county government, so they informed Zhang Bo, the county governor at that time, and it was the year of Zhang Bo's general examination, I heard that someone opened the wasteland, Zhang Bo was overjoyed, and it was the emperor's wedding tax reduction, so he encouraged the poor people to go to the wasteland, and reported the matter to the imperial court, which also became Zhang Bo's political achievements during his tenure, and Zhang Bo's smooth promotion was also related to this matter. But then things are beyond Zhang Bo's control, a large number of people spontaneously moved away, the original desolate place became a town, but the other neighboring towns are becoming more and more deserted, Zhang Bo regretted it late, as soon as the order arrived, he immediately set off to Jiayuan, leaving this hot potato to the new magistrate, but he didn't expect that the new magistrate died on the road. ”

There was silence in the study for a long time, and King Qin smiled and said, "This coincides with what we did in Liangyu many years ago. ”

Liangyu was once slaughtered by the Tartars, and when the King of Qin became a vassal, Liangyu had already become an empty city.

At that time, the king of Qin sent 1,000 soldiers to Liangyu and raised troops in Liangyu Tuntian. At that time, the Tartars were constantly in transgression, and the people were in fear all day long. Knowing that there were officers and soldiers stationed in Liangyu, he helped the old and the young to come, and the Liangyu guards opened the city gate and asked the soldiers to help the people build houses and take in these people who had been displaced by the war.

The people had houses, and then they were given land and livestock, and gradually settled down. The stability of Liangyu attracted merchants, and the merchants had money in their hands and needed protection the most, so they went to Liangyu one after another, and with merchants, Liangyu began to prosper.

Today, Liangyu has the largest trading bazaar in the northwest, from which the treasures from the Silk Road are sold to all parts of Daqi, and at the same time, the special products of Daqi are sold to merchants who travel to and from the Silk Road in exchange for more money.

Liangyu only collected all kinds of insurance and management silver every year, which was enough for the King of Qin to feed an army of tens of thousands of people.

Not only did King Qin think of Liangyu, but Jiang Shuangliu and others also thought of it, but it was Xiao Ren and Zhou Zheng, the two small ones, who looked at King Qin with blinking eyes.

When they remembered, Liangyu was already a prosperous town, even if they knew that Liangyu had been slaughtered, they had not witnessed the desolation of Liangyu in the past, until this time the King of Qin mentioned it, they suddenly realized.

King Qin seemed to remember something, and said to Jiang Shuangliu: "Don't dare to be good, the news of Xiaohe Town is very important." ”

Jiang Shuangliu hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, don't dare to come back with your humble position, this news was sent by Cui Xiaoyu." ”

King Qin was stunned and said, "One of Lao Cui's two sons? Well, he will return to Xi'an one day and let him come to see the king. ”

Lao Cui was the best scout of the Western Qin army, but he was later seriously wounded and lame, and his two sons had been taken away by Jiang Shuangliu a few years earlier.

King Qin had an impression of the two children, and each gave them a set of four treasures of the study, and only after the appreciation did they know that none of the two children were reading materials.

After finishing the matter, Zhou Zheng asked: "Father, there is a banquet in the mansion today, although all the women who come are women, but after all, it is held for the county lord of Zhongling, do you want to take a look?" ”

It is reasonable that King Qin is going to see it.

King Qin said: "You and Xiao Qi should go with this king." ”

The chamberlain, who had been waiting beside him, hurriedly went out to spread the word that King Qin was going to Lanyue Pavilion, and the young ladies should avoid it.

Out of the study, there is a path leading to the garden, and through the garden, there is the Lanyue Pavilion.

This is in his own palace, and it is a banquet for the ladies, so King Qin only brought one chamberlain with him, not a guard.

As he walked, he asked about Xiao Ren's mansion, since Xiao Ren moved out, unless there was something important, King Qin couldn't see him.

Xiao Ren said: "It's okay in the house, someone cooks and washes for me, and the silver is enough to spend." ”

Zhou Zheng on the side laughed and said, "Xiao Qi, why do you look like you're marrying a daughter-in-law?" ”

Xiao Ren glared at him and said to King Qin, "It's my mother-in-law and servant who I brought from the palace." ”

King Qin didn't expect him to explain seriously, and suddenly felt that this child was as cute as when he was a child, so he laughed.

The attendant who followed was also happy, don't look at Qi Shao's usual few words, but he is the most happy for the prince.

At this moment, a person ran in front of him, and the waiter was stunned, which one dared to run here? Who in the palace doesn't know that only the prince usually walks this road, he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.

The waiter was about to open his mouth to scold, but it became clear that it was a maid who ran over, and he said: "Bold, which yard are you, so unruly, did you want to be beaten by the prince after colliding with the prince?" ”

The maid was startled, and she forcibly stopped her steps, and saw the oncoming person clearly, and she knelt on the ground with a puff.

The waiter thought she was frightened and wanted to ask for mercy, and was about to reprimand her to let her go away, but she didn't expect the maid to say: "Lord Wang, save the slave and maid, the slave and the maid are not intentional, the slave and the maid really did not mean it." ”

As she spoke, she knelt on the ground and moved forward step by step, stretching out her hand, she actually wanted to grab King Qin's robe.

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